• Software Is Reorganizing the World – A new riff on the old “technology doesn’t drive us apart, it brings us together theme”, this time focusing on how people of like mind are using online connections to meet in the real world – everything from Match.com for two to Arab Spring demonstrations of thousands. Long,
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• Xbox One review: More than a game console, less than a living room revolution – Reviews of Microsoft’s new game/entertainment console are out, and they’re largely positive. This one’s from Ars Technica, read others from Polygon, The Verge, Engadget, Tom’s Guide, Gizmodo, TechCrunch. Full roundup at Techmeme. • In final shareholder speech, Ballmer defends
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• AT&T U-verse subscribers can now stream live TV on iPhone, iPad – You can watch more than 100 channels on your iOS device in your home, but are limited to about 20 when away. • FiLIP is an electronic leash for your kids’ wrists and it’s coming to AT&T – It’s a smartwatch for
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• Android KitKat unveiled in Google surprise move – Android new versions are named after desserts, and this time a brand name gets involved. No money has been exchanged for the right to use the KitKat name for Android 4.4, which had been referred to internally as Key Lime Pie. Also Google apparently slips unannounced
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• Why We’ll Never Stop Talking About Steve Jobs – Great essay about Steve Jobs’ place in the pantheon of technical and cultural giants. Mat Honan at Wired argues he stands with Edison, Ford and Tesla. • Still Not Enough iPhone 5s to Go Around – Apple’s having a hard time meeting demand, causing shortages
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• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Review: The Screen Makes It the Best E-Reader Yet – The reviews for the Kindle Paperwhite (including mine) are in, and the consensus seems to be that it’s a great e-book reader. Read more on Techmeme. • Let me guess: You sleep with your iPad, don’t you? – A new Pew
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When Amazon.com introduced its first Kindle e-reader, it was far from elegant. The original Kindle was bulky, with a shape like a paperback book with its cover folded back on itself. Its e-Ink display grainy and slow to refresh. It was also fairly expensive. Over time, Amazon has refined its e-Ink Kindles. They’ve gotten smaller,
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